Title: STEWARDSHIP
1STEWARDSHIP
- Policy Making/Advocacy A Certain (Advanced?)
Kind of Stewardship
2STEWARDSHIP
- QUOTES TO CONSIDER Rank the Degree to which each
quote speaks to you in terms of your
understanding of STEWARDSHIP - 1 NOT ME
- 3 SORTA LIKE ME
- 5 BULLSEYE
3STEWARDSHIP
- Quote 1 Things dont just happen. They are
made to happen. JFK - Quote 2 The best time to make friends is
before you need them. LBJ - Quote 3 Luck is what happens when preparation
meets opportunity. Lombardi
4STEWARDSHIP
- Quote 4 Ideas are great arrows, but the must
have a bow. Politics is the bow of idealism.
Bill Moyers - Quote 5 Apathy can only be overcome by
enthusiasm and enthusiasm can only be aroused by
two things first, an ideal which takes the
imagination by storm, and second, a definite,
intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into
practice. Arnold Toynbee
5STEWARDSHIP
- Quote 6 People are always blaming their
circumstances for what they are. I dont believe
in circumstances. They people who get on in this
word are the people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and if they cant find
them, make them. George Bernard Shaw - Quote 7 The usual way for change to happen is
for a band of angels to descend from heaven and
do it. The miraculous route is for us to do it
ourselves. Author Unknown
6Stewardship
- Quote 1 JFK
- Quote 2 LBJ
- Quote 3 Lombardi
- Quote 4 Moyers
- Quote 5 Toynbee
- Quote 6 Shaw
- Quote 7 Unknown
7Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Insights from Nick Michelli
8Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Premises of Responsibility and Political
Involvement
9Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Premise 1 We have a responsibility to be as
clear as we can about what we stand for, what the
unit we lead or work in stands for, and to
develop a shared vision.
10Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Premise 2 We have a responsibility to know the
public policy issues, how they are shaped, and
how they affect our beliefs and commitments.
11Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Premise 3 We have a responsibility to seek to
influence policy. - Premise 4 We must educate our colleagues to
understand the forces that effect policy and
support their efforts to influence policy.
12Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Premise 5 We must educate superintendents,
provosts, and presidents regarding our obligation
to influence public policy. - Premise 6 Ultimately, our moral responsibility
is to childrenwe must be able to justify our
positions/actions in the context of kids best
interests.
13Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Principles for Active Involvement in the Policy
Arena
14Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Principle 1 Know what you stand for. What is
your/our vision? Is it a shared vision? With whom
is it shared? - Principle 2 Be clear about the intersection of
the issue and your beliefs. What is your/our
ethical bottom line?
15Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Principle 3 Know where policies are that affect
your beliefs, vision, and goals. Know who makes
the policies and influences them. - Principle 4 Dont claim to represent a larger
constituency than you really do.
16Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Principle 5 Get allies if you can, but know the
limits of your agreement. - Principle 6 Be prepared to argue for your
position, and to compromise. Know when to
compromise and when to bail out.
17Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Principle 7 Dont hold grudges if possible.
Mend fences. - Principle 8 Get and use the data to show why
the policy is needed and later that it made a
difference. - Principle 9 Dont forget the children.
18Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- A certain kind of STEWARDSHIPWe MUST do this?
19Advocacy/Influencing Policy
- Questions to Explore
- Are there educational policies AND/OR educational
regularities that are wrong for kids and wrong
for teachers? - What about NCLB?
- What about kids and teachers staying together
longer? - What about lunchtime traditions?